How to pronounce gambrel
American English pronunciation
GAM-brul
- IPA
- /ˈɡæmbɹəl/
- Syllables
- GAM · brul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What gambrel means
A barn roof with two slopes per side, the lower one steeper
In a sentence: The red barn had a gambrel roof that made room for a big hayloft.
Where it comes from: It perhaps comes from an old French word built on gambe, a word for leg.
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